Liz Earle

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13,205 appearances 46 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

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Age Better with Liz Earle · Testosterone explained: what it does for women in midlife · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

So that's me. podcast-host

But obviously, we're talking about you guys here. podcast-host

So there isn't any blood test level that by itself will diagnose testosterone deficiency in women. podcast-host

So testosterone levels are really measured before and during treatment, just as a safety check, really. podcast-host

Just to show that a woman's symptoms are caused by low testosterone and are improved when she tops it up again. podcast-host

Now, there is some interesting emerging research from Newson Health. podcast-host

This was published very recently, and it was a study involving 510 perimenopausal and postmenopausal women who were already using HRT. podcast-host

But who continued to experience low libido, cognitive difficulties and podcast-host

low mood symptoms and they looked at what happened after four months of using either a testosterone cream or a gel. podcast-host

And around half of them, so fifty two percent, reported an improvement in libido. podcast-host

That's great, that's what you would expect, that's what it's licensed for. podcast-host

But interestingly, a similar number, forty seven percent, reported an improvement in mood. podcast-host

Nearly 40% reported improved brain function, cognition. podcast-host

So that's really interesting because these women were already on estrogen and progesterone, which can definitely help with mood, for example. podcast-host

But the testosterone just seemed to be flipping up the dial a bit, just a little bit more, giving everybody a little bit more oomph. podcast-host

And I think these findings are encouraging because they podcast-host

They are definitely suggesting that testosterone may potentially help some women with more than libido. podcast-host

So big question. podcast-host

How do you access it? podcast-host

So testosterone is a prescription-only medicine. podcast-host

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